Census Response to Search Help
The response to a search of any census database consists of a tabular
display of key fields in each of the matching records, along with the option
to examine any particular record in more detail.
If the query request was for all rows of a specific page of the census then
there are some additional options presented at the top of the page:
- A link to a
district by district summary of the status of the
transcription for this census.
- A link to a
division by division summary of the status of the
transcription of the current district.
- A link to the
page by page status of the division to which the
current page belongs.
- A See All Fields
button to display the complete transcription of the selected page.
- A Display Image
button to see the image of the original census page.
Above the returned results there is a navigation and summary line.
This has three parts:
- An arrow
(<---)
pointing left as a link. Clicking on this takes
you to the previous page of results if there are multiple pages.
If the request was for a specific family in the database, then this
takes you to the previous family. If the request was for a specific
page of the transcription, this takes you to the previous page in
the division.
- A summary indicating how many, and which, rows of the response are
displayed, and how many rows there are in the complete result.
For example: returned rows 1 to 20 of 53.
If the request was for a complete family this line identifies the
family. For example:
dist 97 Middlesex West, subdist 9 Delaware, family 57.
If the request was for a complete page this line identifies the
page. For example:
dist 97 Middlesex West, subdist 9 Delaware, page 5.
- An arrow
(--->)
pointing right as a link. Clicking on this
takes you to the next page of results if there are multiple pages.
If the request was for a specific family in the database, then this
takes you to the next family. If the request was for a specific
page of the transcription, this takes you to the next page in
the division.
The bulk of the page is taken up with the identifying fields from the
result of the search, displayed as a table. The columns of the table
consist of:
- A Details button.
Clicking on this takes you to a
page listing the value of every field in the specific record.
- If the request is for all of the members of a family or all the
lines on a page, then the page number and line number are displayed.
- If the request was for a search of all censuses, not just for a
single enumeration, the census identifier and province identifier
are displayed.
- The name of the matching individual, surname first followed by
the given names. This is color coded based upon the sex of the
individual. If the line has been linked to the family tree then
this underlined to show that it is a hyperlink to the associated
individual page in the family tree.
- The (calculated) birth year of the individual.
- The birth place of the individual.
- The occupation of the individual.
- The enumeration sub-district (usually town, township, or city ward)
in which the record was found.
Below the returned results there is a navigation line.
This has two parts:
- An arrow
(<---)
pointing left as a link. Clicking on this takes
you to the previous page of results if there are multiple pages.
If the request was for a specific family in the database, then this
takes you to the previous family. If the request was for a specific
page of the transcription, this takes you to the previous page in
the division.
- An arrow
(--->)
pointing right as a link. Clicking on this
takes you to the next page of results if there are multiple pages.
If the request was for a specific family in the database, then this
takes you to the next family. If the request was for a specific
page of the transcription, this takes you to the next page in
the division.